Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Twin Cities Area
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

